The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-15
TWO GOOD ste RIES,
In Which Some Prominent Politicians
Figure.

! | heard Ex-senator Tom Ecclessine tell
a couple Of good election stories the other
evening. Said he: "A friend of mine named
Devlin was beaten for the Tammany re-
nomination for Assemblyman, and the next
| day he called at my Office and had talk
with me about the way he had been treated.
L didn't git square deal, dye see, said he
an | kin beat de duff outen de stiff dey give
de nomanashuns to, dye see, an want you
ten help me- l expressed my willingness
70 aid him by any means in my power
Oats wot fought yehd do, he replied. Il
! want yeh to take me up an blow ME off to
de old man. BY the old man he meant
the sage of Gramercy Park. All
| right / responded; we'll 20 up
and see him. We were not long
i'll reaching Mr.. Tilden's house and We're i'm
mediately ushered into its beautiful parlor
Wishing to prepare Mr.. Tilden for the gen
tlemeG he was to meet, made some excuse
to Devlin, slipped out Of the parlor and into
the Governors study, where posted him on
the situation. then returned to my friend.
Presently MIR. Tilden shuffied in, buttOning
his bad eyelid up with his good hand and
greeting me as though we had not met be-
fore that day. ALLOW me, said |, to pre-
sent my friend, Mr.. Devlin. In his hian6iest
manner the old man turned gave sudden
start as though recognizing an old friend,
and then said in his sweetest whisper: i
need no Introduction to Mr.. Devlin. If |
i mistake not he was in the Assembly when /
was Governor Yes, / was, responded
| Devlin, tickled to death at being remem-
bered by the great man, an | waz wild we
all through, you bet
"'Ah, yes. Thanks! thanksr responded
the Governor, waiting for Devlin to break
the ice. Presently he did SO, as follows:
| Y eh see, Governor, | haven't had square
deal. Dem fellahs has double-banked me,
an | want to git even. [ kin beat der
stuffinout'n deb mHff diets nomenated, an
| wanted teh see of you wouldn't help me
out The Governor listened very compla-
Gently to this statement, and then replied:
I have been so busy of late with important
law matters that | have not had time to
| give campaign affairs much attention. |
| will, however, consult with our friends,
and will be glad to to see you again Just
| then he was summoned out Of the room. |
| knew that the confab was over and waited
| for Devlin to rise and make show of leav-
ing He did nothing of the kind, however,
but for q minute made a very thorough
| mental inventory of the value of the fur
nishings of the room and then calculated:
| Sol, de old man must be poorly well fixedW
1T is currently believed ] replied, that,
! while practicing the arts of craftsmanship
/ the Governor has not wholly neglected his
! business opportunities, and that, consequent
ly, be possesses a fair share of this worlds
goods After giving him a moment to re-
| fleet on this l rose and asked: Hadn't we
better go. What are we waiting for9
"'Wot are we waiting ferg be responded,
in amazement. WY. fer de stuff of course.
| Does de old man tink kin run dis cam
paign on windn With hard work, / re-
pressed my inclination TO indulge in a roar
of laughter, and then got Devlin out of the
house as best | could. He never got any
stuff from the old man. however, and it
is almost needless to say he made no cam
paign against Tammany's nominee"
The other story was about a gentleman
who is now the glass of fashion and the
mould of form, though his name is not
MARITIME, Fellows or Nicoll. 1T was during
the famous campaign in Maine several
| years ago, when the Democracy had high
hopes of wrestling the State out of the Re
publican column said the handsome Col
onel that number of smart young DEM
ocratic orators were sent there to help the
| cause by their oratory Among them was
a young gentleman who, on account of a
temporary misunderstanding with his
| tailor, was minus an overcoat. On
arriving at Portland, he succeeded
in persuading the State Campaign
| Committee that it would be a
good thing to keep him at the Plymouth
House in reserve to take the place of any
| DemoSthenes who might get sick or other
|
| gagements. In this way he had what the
rest of us who had to rough it through the
| country thought was a soft snap. A few
weeks before the campaign closed he had,
| however, to take the place of sick states
! man, and late one afternoon he arrived at q
| town where he was to speak in the open air
| that evening He was taken in charge by
| rock-ribbed Democrat, who took him to his
own house for supper After discussing a
| splendid meal and doing full justice to il, he
| walked through the hall ON his way to the
parlor beautiful blue-black satin-lned new
| overcoat hung from peg on the rack, and a
| desire to possess it Immediately struck him
| When the conveyance that was to carry him
and his host to the meeting arrived at the
door he got up, walked TO the hall, took his
| hat and remarked: The weather was so
| pleasant when | left New York that | never
! thought it would be so chilly up here.
hope | won't take cold tonight Then he
shuddered. as though suffering from an i'm
| aginary chill, and continued: I am very
susceptible to cold, and it would be very bad
for the cause if / was to be laid Up just at
the critical stage of the game HIS host,
who was the soul of hospitality, Immediately
answered. so it would, So it would. Here,
put on this overcoat of NINE
81 couldn't think Of it, said the New
Yorker.
But insist you shall, urged the host
| i nave duObu6l one uk'9AtltAS. 4thObutl, R0U
me my last years ulster The ulster was
fished out of closet and donned by the
man of the house, while the new Benjamin
was forced Q ON the young orator. Now il
happened that the latter gentleman was to
take train at 10 O'Clock for a point some
thirty miles distant He contrived to have
another speaker precede him. He began
to speak about S:45 o'clock, and as he
is a very entertaining and forcible
speaker. so soon had his audience
spell-bound or enthusiastic as he willed.
| He managed to time his perorations so
that amid the widest applause he had bare
| " time to jump Into wagon and catch his
| train. In the hurry of departure he forgot
| to send back the overcoat but its owner
| thought nothing Of the omission. In few
days he wrote for it, but received no answer
Then he wrote again, but the second epistle
! Jared no better than the FIRST Meantime,
| the orator had returned TO Portland, where
he had tailor alter the coat SO that it fit
| him perfectly. A few days before the cleo
ton a friend of the owner called on him with
| a peYemptory order for the garment. Mr..
| Brown guessed the Ciceronian, lis good
| Democrat
| "'Yes, sir,'
''Is devoted to the causeH
eyes, sir.
| "'Would make sacrifices for it?
/ "SlVell YES certainly